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Sting is glowing just by me watching this shit. I think it detects Influencers now.
traumatic and educational experiences .... in Very Icy Environments..
Sting is glowing just by me watching this shit. I think it detects Influencers now.
I'm sorry to do this, but you need to see Amazon's fake fan response video (it's scripted) to understand what they're hoping to foist on the audience.
The video is unlisted, which means it doesn't turn up in search results—it looks as if there was some doubt as to whether to use it.
It's... unspeakably bad.
I haven't yet found them, but apparently the various Amazon regions have similarly scripted promos with different actors.
Astroturf.
I'm sorry to do this, but you need to see Amazon's fake fan response video (it's scripted) to understand what they're hoping to foist on the audience.
The video is unlisted, which means it doesn't turn up in search results—it looks as if there was some doubt as to whether to use it.
It's... unspeakably bad.
I haven't yet found them, but apparently the various Amazon regions have similarly scripted promos with different actors.
Astroturf.
Morfydd Clark has been a lifelong fan of the Lord of the Rings, with her love of the films and books expanding into Tolkien TikTok as well as this very earnest sentiment: “Tolkien's world is massively about vibes.” What the 32-year-old Welsh actress means is that Tolkien’s work is much less black and white than some might argue, especially when it comes to the Rings of Power’s increased gender parity.
“Tolkien's world is very of its own and never felt macho to me,” she says. “It feels really natural that if you're going to explore the weaving roads that he wrote for us, that there would be women and that they would be highly regarded as Galadriel. That's what's so special about Tolkien, is that he wrote outside the binary.”
To properly portray Galadriel, Clark also had to go on a journey of her own. “Galadriel was seen by Sauron as his biggest adversary,” Clarks says. “We know that Tolkien thought she was awesome.”
Continues for far, far too long:
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-amazon-cast-interview
Tolkien wrote 'outside the binary'.
His work? 'Massively about vibes'.
Galadriel: he thought she was 'awesome'.
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I would say that Galadriel is certainly up there with Eowyn, and Arwen (and just possibly Rosie Cotton) as one of the few, but powerful female characters in the books.
The surprising ancient roots of The Lord of the Rings
As the series gets underway, there's sure to be plenty of debate over how faithful it is to Tolkien's vision, but just how original that vision was in the first place is a subject that's long enthralled scholars. One thing is certain: even as it harnesses all the cinematic razzle-dazzle that its mega-budget can buy, the series will also be tapping into lore and legend from literature too ancient to be accurately dated, whose narratives are full of heroism and tragedy, dwarves and elves – and of course magical rings.
iirc there's more than a whiff of Celtic mythology in there as well. He didn't completely make it up out of thin air.Not really that surprising.
I thought it was common knowledge that Tolkien's vision was built on the legacy of Beowulf, the Viking sagas, Bede, and perhaps a hint of Chaucer.
iirc there's more than a whiff of Celtic mythology in there as well. He didn't completely make it up out of thin air.
I thought he did a good job. I enjoyed the whole thing.BTW I watched the first episode of The Rings of Power last night.
Certainly looks spectacular but, having been brought up on Tiswas, I did struggle to take Lenny Henry seriously as a Hobbit elder.
I thought he did a good job. I enjoyed the whole thing.
I can't remember what their accents were, but then I'm terrible with accents. I didn't mind any of the things that I'm sure people online will be picking to pieces. I found it just an engrossing fantasy adventure set in a world that approximates Tolkien's Middle Earth well enough for me, and it is a lot better than Wheel of Time which I struggled through and wished I hadn't bothered.Do the Hobbits really have stage Irish accents?
Do the Hobbits really have stage Irish accents?
Amazon Prime suspends customer reviews of The Rings of Power and rejects any less than positive reviews as "trolling".
On Rotten Tomatoes, professional critics gave the new series a positive 84% rating, but common-or-garden layperson reviews rated it as a mediocre 36%.
From what I've seen, I would place it as somewhat closer to the higher rating, but Prime's heavy-handed suppression of criticism goes against everything I believe in and will not make me better disposed towards the show.
https://www.thewrap.com/lord-of-the-rings-of-power-user-review-72-hour-delay-amazon-prime-video/
Deer antlers are HEAVY
Why would you carry them on your backs?
Hunting trophies to accompany the meat?
For use in rituals?
To make tools, e.g. digging picks?
maximus otter
Do the Hobbits really have stage Irish accents?